To be or not to be? What becomes of the broken hearted? Why do some people clap when the plane lands? These are some of questions that have plagued the human race since the dawn of time. However there is one that is perhaps the most contested of them all, particularly in the wake of the release of motion picture 'All Eyez on Me'. That question is 'Biggie or 2Pac?' 'Notorious or Shakur?' 'Big Poppa or Makaveli?'.

This West Coast / East Coast divide has separated families, lovers and middle class white kids all over the world since the mid nineties, so in textbook 'What The Funk?' style we've drawn up a head to head review of the hip hop legends:

Tupac's social commentary, despite finding it hard to relate to being from suburban England, is still quite captivating and effective. Not that we don't enjoy BIG's insightful tales of smoking drugs and having illegitimate sex, that is.